Peru

It’s already one of the world’s biggest industries. But now, a new strain of coca plant could spark a surge in the global production of cocaine.

Edwin Chota was one of four friends who died trying to protect the land in one remote area of Peru from illegal loggers. Now his people also fear for their lives.

One of two women jailed for smuggling £1.5m worth of cocaine to Spain is due to be transferred to a prison in Northern Ireland.

While the US and UK stand by Israel over its military offensive in Gaza, governments across Latin America have moved to cut their links.

Dozens of runners dressed as Santa Claus dashed through the streets of Peru on Saturday for the annual Christmas high altitude race, in the Andean city of Huancayo.

Two women from the UK, Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid, are sentenced to six years and eight months after pleading guilty to cocaine smuggling.

Global demand for Peruvian gold has led to illegal mining that has fuelled unprecedented levels of child prostitution. Filmmaker Guillermo Galdos reports for Channel 4 News.

Researchers in Peru have unearthed two mummies believed to be 1,000 years old from an ancient burial site.

Guilty plea could cut 19 years off the prison sentence for Melissa Reid, the 20-year-old Scot in Peru charged with cocaine smuggling.

As members of one of Peru’s most remote tribes emerge from the Amazon jungle to ask for food, Channel 4 News explores how long uncontacted communities can avoid the influence of the outside world.

Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid, the two women arrested in Peru on suspicion of cocaine smuggling, are formally charged, prosecutors say.

A solicitor for one of the British women arrested for smuggling cocaine in Peru says she was kidnapped and forced to carry the drugs by a gang of 14 armed men.

Melissa Reid, 19, and Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, are being held in custody in Lima on suspicion of drug trafficking after they were stopped from boarding a flight to Madrid.

The first white Bengal tigress cub to be born in captivity in Peru is shown to the world. White Bengal tigers, found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal, are in danger of extinction.

Chronically malnourished children struggle to read and write simple sentences regardless of their level of schooling, according to new research by Save the Children.